#A53E2C#A53E2C

#A53E2C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.140 H 32.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A53E2C
RGB	rgb(165, 62, 44)
HSL	hsl(9, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(9, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 73.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.62, 41.45, 32.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.62, 52.90, 38.41°)
OKLab	oklab(50.39% 0.1186 0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(50.39% 0.14 32.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.6961, 11.6289, 3.6951)
Luminance	0.1163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A53E2C #2C93A5

analogous

#A52C56 #A53E2C #A57A2C

triadic

#A53E2C #2CA53E #3E2CA5

tetradic

#A53E2C #56A52C #2C93A5 #7A2CA5

square

#A53E2C #56A52C #2C93A5 #7A2CA5

split-complementary

#A53E2C #2CA57A #2C56A5

monochromatic

#441A12 #752C1F #A53E2C #CD5642 #D98172

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.32

#A53E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#A53E2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A53E2C

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A53E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A53E2C	1.00	6.32	3.33	6.32
#FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A522A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746829

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5263A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a53e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 62, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.140 32.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77866',
    500: '#a53e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a53e2c;
$custom-light: #c77866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a53e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.926,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50388,
    "c": 0.14001,
    "h": 32.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A53E2C

secondary

#6CB4C1

accent

#CAE147

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A53E2C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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